Garment-supporter.



J. P. GROASDALE. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED 111N215, 1905.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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JOHN P. CROASDALEYOF BERWYN, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Application filed June 15, 1905. Serial No. 265A46.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. OROASDALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berwyn, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand useful Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in 1 garment supporters. My object being to provide means for overcoming an objectionable feature in the slit member now in common use in connection with hose supporters. The purpose of my invention being to provide improved means whereby said slit member shall not be caught by other garments, and thereby caused to tear the hose with which it is connected.

Referring to the drawings-Figure l is a view in perspective of said slit member in the operative position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of said member. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a modification thereof. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 6 is a crossseetion on line 6, 6 of Fig. 4:.

The member 1 as illustrated in the drawing is similar in form and construction to the devices now in common use with the exception of the curved lower end 2. The opening 3 is adapted to receive the web t of the garter, while the garment 5 is adapted to be inserted through the large opening 6 and secured by bight engagement in slit 7, as indicated in Fig. 1. As now in common use the slit member is perfectly flat, that is, its face all lies in the same plane. When the garment is gathered up to be inserted through the large opening such as 6, and then brought down with a bight engagement in the slit as at 7, the gathered or puckered portions of the garment beneath the slit member tend to push the lower extension of said slit member out or away from the smooth contour of the leg, thus affording a projection which is liable to catch and does frequently catch other garments drawn over it resulting in tearing said slit member away from the hose and leaving a rent in the ma terial. This results in great inconvenience both because of tearing the garment and also because of disengaging the supporter therefrom at inopportune moments. I overcome this objectionable characteristic by bending or turning in the lower margin 2 of the member 1 so that said lower margin will point to and lie firmly against the garment 5, and thereby prevent the entrance between said lower margin 2 and garment 5 of any other object, or in other words, so to insure the slipping of any other garment over said member 1 without being caught thereby.

The modification shown in Figs. l, 5 and (3 consists in forming the lower semi-circular end 2 concavo-convex instead. of simply curved as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The concave portion of course being toward the garment. In other words, the essential feature of the invention is to provide a slight concavity to accommodate the gathered portion of the material, adjacent the point of its engagement in the slit, and at the same time permitting the extreme lowest margin of the slit member to lie firmly against the smooth portion of the material.

hat I claim is 1. In a garment supporter, the combination of a flexible connection, a loop and slit member connected therewith, said member consisting of a flat plate having its entire extension, except its lower-most extremity, lying in the same plane, the lower-most extremity being bent inwardly from the main plane of the structure, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a garment supporter, the combination of flexible connection, a loop and slit member connected therewith, said member consisting of a flat plate having its entire extension, except its lower-most extremity, lying in the same plane, the lower-most extremity having its curved margin bent i11- wardly to form a concavity approximate the lowest point of the slit, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a garment supporter, the combination of a flexible connection, a loop and slit member connected therewith, said member consisting of a flat plate having its entire extension, except its lower-most extremity, lying in the same plane, the lower-most extremity having a concavo-convex formation, as and for the purpose specified.

4. A. garment supporter, comprising a slit member consisting of a substantially flat body having its lowermost extremity semicircular and of concavo convex formation, as and for the purpose specified.

JNO. P. CROASDALE.

V1 itnesses EUGENE ZIEGLER. 

